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After a series of careers ranging from welfare caseworker to librarian to newspaper reporter, I'm happily writing creative nonfiction and working on my first novel. My memoir, Off Kilter, was published in 2008 by Pearlsong Press. It is available from Amazon or through the publisher at www.pearlsong.com.

 I teach memoir workshops in beautiful Bucks County, PA, at senior centers, retirement villages, and writers' conferences and started a journal writing group for low income teenage girls.

I also speak to groups about the healing power of writing.

 

Linda C. Wisniewski

http://www.lindawis.com

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my VN interview

How did you get to where you are now?

Everything I've learned, every job I've had, has added up to the store of resources I use to write about life as I see it. I've been a caseworker, librarian, wife (twice), mother (also twice), friend, aunt, daughter, teacher, reporter. Nothing is a waste, no matter how it turns out.

Linda C. Wisniewski

http://www.lindawis.com

How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

In the time since I turned fifty, I learned to create my own happiness. Instead of a victim, I see myself as a survivor and active participant in my own story.

Linda C. Wisniewski

http://www.lindawis.com

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In Provence, celebrating 30 years of marriage with my wonderful husband! Now that our son is in college, we plan to  travel to the places we've read about.

I'm planning to continue writing and teaching, and hope to have another book or two published.

a postcard to my younger self

Relax, honey. It's not your fault and you don't have to suffer. There is no right answer. Just breathe and pay attention.

Linda C. Wisniewski

http://www.lindawis.com

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my role models

Susan Tiberghien, an American writer living in Switzerland, who has been my writing teacher and mentor. Author of One Year to a Writing Life,m she is one classy lady!

Maureen Murdock, author of Unreliable Truth, a courageous writer, teacher and encouraging mentor. I want to be like her too.

Andrea Mitchell, reporter for MSNBC, who has the exact same birthday as me.

Diane Sawyer, a beautiful older woman with a good heart.

 

my posts

My Forced Winter Vacation

Posted in family & relationships, home & garden, spirituality on January 24, 2012

One week before Christmas, I was making a wonderful dinner for my husband and son was home from college. I was  so happy with the beautiful kitchen in our new townhouse that…

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Revolving Doors

Posted in Off Kilter, other topics on October 04, 2011
At twenty-one, my son has none of his mother’s fears.read more »

Six Million Stories in the Cheesesteak City

Posted in books & entertainment, other topics, work & money on August 12, 2011
I like to see inside other people’s houses. At dusk, when the lights go on inside and I pass by, I can see their furniture, where the kitchen is, and even where they put the TV. Lucky for me, I found a socially acceptable way to channel that curiosityread more »

Social Insecurity?

Posted in news, Off Kilter, other topics, work & money on July 12, 2011
Social security did not cause the deficit and should not be used to reduce it.read more »

Where’s my coffee????

Posted in home & garden, menopause on June 28, 2011
Yes, I know that coffee leaches calcium from my already brittle spine and hip, the parts of my skeleton with osteoporosis. The parts I spend $$ for a weekly drug to keep the disease from progressing. Why, you may ask, am I canceling out the drug's effects?read more »

my comments

Response to: Social Insecurity?

Comment posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:25 pm:
"I consider it fair to leave the benefits of people receiving an average of $1200 per month on social security alone, and to require those making over $100,000 per year, and their employers, to pay 6% of all their earnings into the social security tru..." (read comment)

Response to: Where's my coffee????

Comment posted on June 30, 2011 at 12:38 pm:
"Thanks, your story did make me laugh as well! St. Veronica of the Caffeine Chapel! Also love the sign at the coffee shop entrance. ;-) Linda www.lindawis.com..." (read comment)

Response to: Do We Talk About It?

Comment posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:18 am:
"You said it: "misunderstood barriers to intimacy" keep us apart from those we love.  How did I handle my pain and family secrets? I try to live an authentic and compassionate life. I wrote a memoir called Off Kilter, published in 2008 by Pearlsong P..." (read comment)

Response to: What can help you stand up straighter and lose that back pain at the same time?

Comment posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:07 am:
"Thanks, this is a good one for me. My scoliosis is right there between the shoulder blades!..." (read comment)

Response to: The Perfect World of Facebook

Comment posted on June 15, 2011 at 9:05 am:
"Very thought-provoking article. I use FB to keep in touch with my extended family, especially the younger folks, and I love to see their photos. Also use it to network with other writers and promote my book. It can be a big time waster, though, if I'..." (read comment)